Location: Mythical HQ 85

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Awakening of Red Charlyn is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Queen Charlyn I with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.667 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red City. The average income tax rate is 67%. A robust private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, and only toddlers and the elderly watch television before 23:00. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red Charlyn's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is The Awakening, and its currency is the Red.

Red Charlyn is ranked 6th in Mythical HQ 85 and 17,733rd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 4 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and